Tell Qarqur

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Tell Qarqur
Arabic: تل قرقور
Photograph of a double, overgrown mound
The upper mound of Tell Qarqur as seen from the northern, lower mound
Tell Qarqur is located in Syria
Tell Qarqur
Shown within Syria
LocationSyria
RegionHama Governorate
Coordinates35°44′35″N 36°19′49″E / 35.743125°N 36.330306°E / 35.743125; 36.330306
Typetell
Height30 metres (98 ft)
History
PeriodsPre-Pottery Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Mamluk
EventsBattle of Qarqar (853 BC)
Site notes
Excavation dates1983–1984, 1993–2001, 2005–2008
ArchaeologistsJ.M. Lundquist, R. Dornemann, J. Casana

Tell Qarqur (

Jisr ash-Shugur and one kilometer west of the village of Qarqur
.

History

Tell Qarqur possesses a 10,000-year history of virtually continuous occupation, from the

King Ahab of Israel
.

Archaeology

The tell has two mounds, a smaller one to the north and a larger one to the south. The high mound extends to 30 metres (98 ft) above the plain. Tell Qarqur was first subjected to scientific excavation in 1983 and 1984 by an expedition of the

American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) and Brigham Young University (BYU), led by John M. Lundquist of BYU.[1] From 1993 to 2001 the site was excavated by an ASOR-sponsored expedition under the direction of Dr. Rudolph Dornemann.[2][3] The excavations uncovered remains of many different phases of the site's long occupational history, but the project found especially impressive remains dating to the Early Bronze Age IV (2200–2000 BC) and the Iron Age I–II (1200–500 BC). Finds included several phases of stone-built fortification walls, numerous private houses, and a temple complex dating to the later third millennium BC. After a pause, excavations were resumed in 2005 when the University of Arkansas became a cosponsor of the project and Dr. Jesse Casana joined the expedition. Work was conducted for three seasons, in 2005, 2007 and 2008.[4][5][6]
[7] Archeological team found out that Tell Qarqur not only survived "
4.2 kiloyear event", a severe aridification event that brought collapse to nearby civilisations, but even expanded.[8] Several important artifacts from the site are currently on display at the Hama Museum in Hama
, Syria.

Destruction of the site

From 2014 until September 2017, the terrorist Turkistan Islamic Party, an Alqaeda offshoot, destroyed the site.[9] Reports emerged that the destruction, which can be viewed through satellite imagery, was done under the supervision of unidentified civilians who were not Syrian nor members of the Turkistan Islamic Party militants.[10]

The site has suffered significant looting and damage from military activity during the Syrian Civil War.[11]

See also

  • Cities of the ancient Near East

Notes

  1. ISSN 0570-1554
    .
  2. ISSN 0066-0035
    .
  3. ^ R. H. Dornemann, “The 2001 Season of Excavations at Tell Qarqur.”, Studia Orontica 1, pp.45–68, 2007
  4. OCLC 314739124
    .
  5. OCLC 314739124
    .
  6. OCLC 314739124
    .
  7. ^ Jesse Casana, Results of the 2010 season of excavation by the american expedition to Tell Qarqur, Chronique archéologique en Syrie, vol. 06, pp. 73-79, 2012
  8. ^ Ancient City Mysteriously Survived Mideast Civilization Collapse, Owen Jarus, LiveScience.com (28 July 2011)
  9. ^ "الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني يقوم بتجريف "تل القرقور" الأثري في سهل الغاب". www.stj-sy.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  10. ^ ""الأويغور" يحزمون حقائبهم: توسيع "الجهاد" إلى "ثغور" أخرى؟". الأخبار (in Arabic). Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  11. ^ Casana J, Laugier EJ (2017) Satellite imagery-based monitoring of archaeological site damage in the Syrian civil war. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0188589. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188589

Further reading

  • Casana, Jesse; Herrmann, Jason T.; Fogel, Aaron (2008). "Deep subsurface geophysical prospection at Tell Qarqur, Syria". Archaeological Prospection. 15 (3): 207–225.
    doi:10.1002/arp.335
    .

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